The National Marine Fisheries Service has released a draft of a supplemental
biological opinion on operation of the Columbia River federal power system
to federal and state agencies, along with tribes, for quick review. It
hopes to complete the BiOp by the spring 2000 juvenile migration.
The draft biological opinion, which is a supplement to similar BiOps
released in 1995 and 1998 for the Columbia River hydroelectric projects,
addresses the addition of six species of salmon and …
